In the Republican rush to "party unity", Conservatives dutifully fell in behind their annointed, the moderate "Manchurian Candidate", Sen. John McCain.  Whether one agrees with Conservative policies or not, one cant help but marvel at how they keep lining up like lemmings behind candidates (Nixon, Ford, Bush, and Bush) who have no intention of balancing budgets, reducing bureaucracy, or keeping the government out of private affairs, as their millions of followers ardently hope they will do.

Just as dutifully, like Nixon, Ford, and the Bushes before him, Sen. McCain wasted no time in paying homage to elite investment bankers of the Eastern Establishment.  Disturbing as these alliances are to grassroots Conservatives, they go generally unreported by the media, and no one ever calls the candidates on it.

Normally, one might be tempted to sigh with relief that such politicians dont deliver all that they promise their supporters, but in this case, its worth examining just who this year's Republican Icon has jilted the Conservative base to get in bed with...